Last week, I wrote a post excitedly telling the world that July and August are great months to sow French beans. However, I now realise I was short-sighted and guilty of giving the beans some preferential treatment. July and August is indeed a great time to sow French beans, but it is also ripe for …
The final month of my GYO savings experiment has now been and gone, and I’ve now officially hung my scales up. I made 28 harvests during December, worth a total of £28.50, so nearly a quid a pop. This total was propped up by a lovely, late £3.70 pak choi, two squashes at £3.99, and …
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Back in October, I had a winter salad plan. I wanted to sow some hardy oriental salads to try and keep myself in fresh leaves right through the winter. It didn’t quite work out as I’d hoped, but at the weekend I finally got to make my first picking of the little leaves. No fresh …
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